CB1 TRIBECA COMMITTEE: THE UNOFFICIAL MINUTES
Details on David Bouley’s long-gestating Japanese restaurant and the café/bakery/bar coming to Hudson Street. Speaking of Hudson: The construction-related noise may be spreading. (If you live on N. Moore, you’re really going to want to read this.)

WHAT’S UP THIS WEEK
Free drawing lessons, cheap art, writers under 40, and communication in the future are just a few of the highlights on this week’s agenda.

A REMINDER….
You could become a fan of Tribeca Citizen on Facebook. And you should be following Tribeca Citizen on Twitter, where I retweet all sorts of stuff I come across, including flash sales (it doesn’t always make it to the roundups you find here).

2010 SHOP-LOCAL GIFT GUIDE
••• Washington, Vestry, and Beach: John Allan’s, Vestry Wines, and Floratech. Plus: A very special gift idea for anyone who loves Tribeca.
••• Franklin: Flora (left), R 20th Century, Steven Alan, Bu and the Duck, Gary Graham, and 8.15 August Fifteenth.
••• Walker and White: OLighting, Karkula, trans.LUXE, Donzella, Steven Sclaroff, and the Liddabit Sweets/McClure’s Pickles pop-up

IN THE NEWS
••• 12/9 roundup: 1WTC. Plus: 9/11 health bill delayed by Senate Republicans; longtime watch repairman; 77 Reade; Access Theater; Trump Soho; Will Smith; which restaurant is a “forgettable lay”?
••• 12/11 roundup: 71 Laight. Plus: Glass House living; Park51 timetable; a new hotel.

BASED IN TRIBECA: ILEGAL MESCAL
Founders John Rexer and Stephen Myers used to smuggle mezcal from Mexico into Guatemala—”One time John even dressed up as a priest,” says Myers (right). Now their U.S. headquarters is on Worth Street.

SEEN & HEARD
••• 12/9 roundup: 8.15 August Fifteenth Sale. Plus: Whole Foods’ new ground-floor coffee bar; Yorganic opening; deals on empanadas and a Swedish café.
••• 12/10 roundup: Art in a Box sale. Plus: M1-5 is not closed; deals at Tribeca Beauty Spa, Tribeca MedSpa, and New York Vintners; Rogan coupons.
••• Christmas came early for Jim Smithers—not only did he win last week’s Where in Tribeca…?, he got to rub someone’s face in it. I say that with affection!